Readers on a cursive label ID roll - last one (for awhile)

This is the last perplexing specimen in this particular set of old specimens. Again another member of Apiaceae. And again the species name remains unclear, and therefore, the specimen unfiled. My student intern at the time just said, "Did they get a doctor to write this like a prescription?"

Lower case Ns and Us are mighty confusing. Looking forward to you guesses.

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The German below the name says that it is found on fertile meadows throughout the valleys of the Rhine and the Moselle (auf fruchtbaren Wiesen durch das Rhein und Moselthal). So that should limit the possibilities considerably.

Thanks, I'll make a couple of annotations. Always curious about the information on specimen labels. More usually it's the lack thereof. Have to assume that back in the early days of our herbarium, the founders of our collection did some trading of prairie species for European specimens. It means some of these specimens have waited a long time to be included into the collection.

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